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Epilepsy

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of paroxysmal brain dysfunction due to a sudden, disorderly, and excessive neuronal discharge. Epilepsy classification systems are generally based upon: (1) clinical features of the seizure episodes (e.g., motor seizure), (2) etiology (e.g., post-traumatic), (3) anatomic site of seizure origin (e.g., frontal lobe seizure), (4) tendency to spread to other structures in the brain, and (5) temporal patterns (e.g., nocturnal epilepsy).,Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 4350 Collections and/or Records:

PR4.2023, 1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2023
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 57 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: weakness in legs; numbness in arm; diarrhoea; and epileptic manifestations. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940

PR4.2125, 1937-1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2125
Scope and Contents

Typed case summaries, correspondence and notes relating to female from Edinburgh and Leith aged 46 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: post-traumatic epilepsy; head injury; and traumatic occipital neuritis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1946

PR4.2170, 1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2170
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, chart, form and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 67 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: shingles; epilepsy; angioneurotic oedema; and paroxysmal trigeminal neuralgia. Nonsurgical and surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.2271, 1934-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2271
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, correspondence and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 22 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: spinal and head injury; vomiting; headache; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934-1958

PR4.2289, 1935

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2289
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 11 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: spina bifida occulta; enuresis; epilepsy; and meningitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935

PR4.2498, 1939-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2498
Scope and Contents

Typed case summaries, chart, correspondence and reports relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 15 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: hypothalamic migraine; hormonal imbalance; psychopathic state; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939-1963

PR4.2504, 1936-1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2504
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 36 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; change in personality; depression; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1939

PR4.2518, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2518
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 28 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; ?traumatic epilepsy; headache; and ?malingering. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.2529, 1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2529
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: 'idiocy'; epilepsy; and hypertonus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940

PR4.2531, 1940-1941

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2531
Scope and Contents

Typed case summaries, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: infantile encephalitis; left facial weakness; epilepsy; and organic dementia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940-1941